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of  fresh  air  and  the  proper  use  of  water  in  the  treatment  of  broncho- 
pneumonia. 
In  a  very  severe  case  of  this  grave  disease  in  a  child,  fresh  air, 
proper  feeding  and  bathing  and  good  nursing  constituted  the  whole 
scheme  of  treatment.  So  in  many  infectious  diseases,  and  their 
number  will  increase,  the  antitoxins  and  other  scientifically  precise 
measures  will  be  employed.  Is  not  the  dictum  for  the  treatment  of 
tuberculosis,  rest,  fresh  air,  food,  a  war  cry  against  drugs?  So  in 
local  diseases,  as  those  of  the  abdomen,  we  do  not  treat  the  belly 
pain,  but  we  find  the  cause,  and  in  a  large  percentage  of  cases  the 
surgeon  does  the  rest.  In  stomach  disorders,  in  pulmonary,  brain 
and  other  diseases,  surgery  plays  a  large  part.  In  short,  we  have 
learned  not  to  be  afraid  of  air,  not  to  be  afraid  of  water,  not  to  be 
afraid  of  food  wisely  directed. 
Then  see  what  is  coming  out  of  physics,  in  light-treatment,  the 
X-rays  and  wonders  yet  to  be  disclosed.  From  organic  extracts  we 
are  getting  a  most  brilliant  therapeutic  future. 
Moreover,  the  multiplicity  of  hospitals,  the  advent  of  water  cures, 
etc.,  will  change  the  status  of  pharmacy. 
We  must  recall  the  exact  meaning  of  profession,  and  whether  it  is 
possible  that  the  science  of  pharmacy  can  be  a  profession,  or  even  if 
desirable  to  place  it  in  such  class.  A  member  of  a  profession  is  one 
who  has  something  to  give  to  those  whether  rich  or  poor  which  can- 
not be  estmated  in  pounds  and  ounces  or  pints  and  quarts.  More- 
over,  self  is  not  presumed  to  be  considered  in  the  dispensation  of  his 
gifts,  and  to  whomsoever  that  cometh  the  utmost  shall  be  given.  Is  it 
practical  that  the  science  of  pharmacy  should  build  on  such  lines  ? 
Indeed,  as  the  medical  profession,  and  it  is  true  of  law  in  part, 
and  I  take  it  of  the  ministerial  profession,  in  these  modern  days,  in 
the  process  of  our  evolution,  the  old  view  does  not  so  well  obtain, 
and  I  hold  it  is  better  for  medicine  that  it  does  not.  The  various 
quicksands  and  pitfalls  that  attend  the  prosecution  of  our  art  are 
better  guarded  against  by  the  close  prosecution  of  our  duties  as  a 
science. 
I  have  urged  that  the  pursuit  of  medicine  is  conducted  from  this 
standpoint  and  for  these  brief  reasons.  Science  is  truth,  and  the 
pursuit  of  science  is  the  pursuit  of  truth.  Association  with  truth, 
an  acceptance  alone  of  truth,  the  search  for  truth  begets  character. 
It  is  character  that  stands  for  men,  and,  therefore,  whatsoever  pur- 
